jenno64 Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Onto the water before 6am to troll some livies around for the last hour of the runout. Scored a tailor of about 35cm out in the channel early and then headed to my hidey hole to troll some nice poddies around. Not much action for a half hour then whammo! Line is screaming of my lightest outfit...a good fifty metre run and I fell head shakes...had to be a good jew. Made two crucial mistakes.... 1. getting my other rods in whilst the loaded rod is back in the holderand 'ping' the line parts....Mistake 2. I had spooled on about 70-80m of gelspun to top up my reel the other day and the joining knot failed I sat silently fuming at the fact that it had hit my 4lb rod. trolling a livey and a lure back over the spot, I snagged up on something....the 70-80m of line with the hook attached. The fish must have spat the hook...I should have set the hooks in the first place!!! Anyway the tide had bottomed out and I picked up a few flatties over the flats and then saw a marine turtle bob up a metre in front of my yak ...he took one look and shot off...a turtle this far the Georges??? Next two hours were dead and picked up one more flatty on the way in. A few lessons learned today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcel haber Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Unlucky there mate, Valuble lessons learnt from mistakes. Check and double check everything before next trip. You may have lost the fish of your lifetime. Good luck and better prepared for next time. Twin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blower Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Still a good bagful to finish up with mate. Better to have lived and lost than not lived at all. Spying the turtle and all - a pretty good day none the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gretsch Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Tough luck Jenno64.... Nice flatties though!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Bad luck losing the jewie, Rob! Nice flatties tho! We often see turtles up here - matter of fact, I hooked one when I was blackfishing a month or two ago! He 'swam into' my leader & it hooked his leg. I brought him to the surface .... not bad on 6lb fluro! Then, PING all over red rover! At least I kept my float! Still a nice day on the water, eh? Roberta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenno64 Posted January 20, 2010 Author Share Posted January 20, 2010 Roberta, I was quite surprised to see a turtle 3-4kms up the river when the water was pretty murky. I would have tried to get a shot but I had a hit just after I spotted him. As for the jew, I am resigned to Murphy's law....the big fish on the lightest line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted January 20, 2010 Share Posted January 20, 2010 Hey Rob, some nice flatties there mate, always the way, the biggest fish takes the smallest outfit. Nice session for you though, better being there than at work.. Congrats buddy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 unlucky mate .....at least you didn't come back empty handed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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